# CENTRE FOR ACTION ON RAPE AND ABUSE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1124282
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 31, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1124282


## Contact

- **Address:** CARA, Mailbox 302, Communications House, 9 St. Johns Street, COLCHESTER
- **Phone:** 01206 367881
- **Email:** info@caraessex.org.uk
- **Website:** www.caraessex.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO SUPPORT ADULTS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED ANY FORM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

**Activities:** CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) works with victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support and promoting and representing their rights and needs.CARA works with adults, young people (aged 13-19) and children aged 12 and under from across mid and north Essex.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, ESSEX.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1729062 | £1629315 | £872391 | 36 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1477358 | £1557151 | £772644 | 35 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1392560 | £1339189 | £852437 | 31 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1214593 | £1022259 | £799066 | 25 |
| March 31, 2021 | £982069 | £886775 | £606732 | 24 |



## Trustees

- Anil Yilmaz Vastardis — appointed Nov. 25, 2025
- Erica Watts — appointed Aug. 22, 2025
- Ilaria Boncori — appointed Nov. 18, 2024
- Linda Isaac — appointed Nov. 9, 2017
- Lorna Mackinnon — appointed Oct. 29, 2024
- Ragini Rangarajan — appointed Jan. 28, 2025
- Sarah Wilkinson — appointed Sept. 24, 2024
- Victoria Beckwith — appointed Jan. 15, 2019